Early Saturday morning a SWAT team entered a Thornton apartment where a Frederick man, suspected in the deaths of his estranged wife and his mother-in-law, was believed to be hiding. They found an adult male deceased inside, Thornton Police reported on Twitter.

There was no confirmation on the male's identification as of 2:30 a.m.

The SWAT team and other law enforcement officers had surrounded the apartment complex residence in Thornton on Friday night after a day-long manhunt for a man suspected of kidnapping and killing the two women.

The Weld County Sheriff's Office said Friday it believed the man who was holed up in the Bravado Viewpoint Apartments, 10211 Ura Lane, was 37-year-old Cimmeron Johns.

Two females were found dead in separate locations midday Friday in a rural part of southwest Weld County. Weld County Sheriff John Cooke issued a statement Friday night saying the two bodies were "presumptively" those of Alisha Johns and Pachello.

Weld authorities said Friday they believed Cimmeron Johns kidnapped the two women following a brief car chase in the Frederick area late Thursday night. A black Mercedes known to be used by Cimmeron Johns was found Friday morning at a crash scene near Frederick. Friday afternoon Pachello's gold 1991 Ford Explorer was discovered in Thornton in the neighborhood of the apartment complex.

Sgt. Matt Kandt, Thornton police spokesman, said that after police received reports that a homicide suspect was in a residence in the neighborhood, there was a report shots were fired from inside.

SWAT teams and other agencies quickly surrounded the complex, and thus a several-hour standoff began. Thornton police Tweeted that a SWAT team had entered the apartment where the suspect was believed to be and found a man's body at about 12:30 a.m.

Alisha Johns (Courtesy of Weld County Sheriff's Office)

Suspected kidnapping turned grisly within hours

A surveyor working in the area of Weld County Roads 17 and 4 discovered a woman's body in a stream bed at approximately 11 a.m. Friday, according to the Weld County Sheriff. About two hours later, while deputies were continuing to search the immediate area, another female body was found along Weld County Road 15 halfway between roads 2 and 4.

The area where the bodies were found is sparsely populated. The houses are few and far between.

Carla Wilson lives along Weld County Road 15 just south of Road 4. She said Friday afternoon that things were quiet overnight Thursday night into Friday morning.

"My dogs do bark if they hear things," Wilson said Friday afternoon.

Sherri Pachello (/ Courtesy of Weld County Sheriff's Office)

However, the peaceful atmosphere was jarred loose after she returned from running her morning errands, she said.

"I went out on my way (about 10:30 a.m.) and there was nothing weird, nothing out of the ordinary whatsoever," Wilson said.

When she was on her way home, however, her son called her and told her she would have to take an alternate route to get to her house. A Weld County Sheriff's deputy had told the son that roads were being blocked off because there had been a homicide in the area.

Kidnapping followed chase

According to reports, Pachello called her husband about 10 p.m. Thursday and told him that a dark-colored car was chasing her. She had gone to Frederick to pick up her daughter, who had reportedly gone to visit with Cimmeron Johns.

Cimmeron and Alisha Johns had a recent history of domestic violence and had been estranged, according to investigators. Witnesses near his home reported seeing two cars speed away from the residence with a black Mercedes known to be used by Cimmeron Johns in pursuit.

Officers canvassing the Frederick area found a 1992 black Mercedes near a crash scene, but Pachello's gold Explorer wasn't found until it was discovered in Thornton Friday afternoon.

Cimmeron Johns has a criminal history dating back to the 1990s. Convictions include numerous motor vehicle charges, driving while ability impaired , misdemeanor assault in Broomfield, and domestic violence and disorderly conduct charges in Adams County. Prior to Thursday night's events, he was wanted on a Weld County warrant on second-degree assault causing serious bodily injury to Alisha Johns.

Both Cimmeron and Alisha Johns are listed as the owners of a Frederick home at 6294 Clayton St. in Frederick. They bought the home in 2005, county records show.

Anyone with additional information is asked to call local police or the Weld County Sheriff's Office at 1-970-356-4015, ext. 2825.

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